Connect Cursor
One click opens Cursor with Gadwal ready to add.
Before you start
- Open Gadwal and choose Gadwal › Settings (⌘,), then the AI & MCP tab.
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Turn on MCP server. The Address line shows
http://127.0.0.1:55183/mcp(you can change the port below it). The server only listens on this Mac. - Check each connection's AI level in its connection settings: Off, Read-only, Ask before write or Full. Production connections start at Read-only. The AI only sees connections that aren't Off.
AI tools need an active trial or the lifetime unlock. On the free tier the server answers every tool call with a message saying so.
Install
- In Settings › AI & MCP › Connect AI, click Install on the Cursor row.
- Gadwal creates a token and opens Cursor with an install link. Cursor shows the
gadwalserver with its URL and header. - Confirm in Cursor. Cursor writes the server into
~/.cursor/mcp.json. - In Cursor’s MCP settings, check that
gadwalis enabled, then ask the agent about your data.
What Cursor saves
The entry in ~/.cursor/mcp.json looks like this:
"gadwal": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:55183/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <token>" }
}
If you click Install again later, the button reads Reinstall and sends the current token.